Tacitus (c. 56/57-117+), considered the greatest historian of Rome, decided one day to attend a horse race for a bit of ancient Roman entertainment....
Emperor Constantine V was the son of Emperor Leo III of Constantinople (r. 717-741), a ruler who brought much-needed stability to the Byzantine Empire...
This painting, by the French artist Charles Meynier (1768-1832), depicts Polyhymnia (also known as Polymnia), a Muse from ancient Greek mythology. Although the title...
(Photograph of Edward Leonsky taken prior to 1942, via Creative Commons)
Private Edward Joseph Leonski, also known as Eddie, was one of around 15,000...
("The Custer Fight" by Charles Marion Russell (1864–1926), via Creative Commons)
Around 1874, the United States discovered there was gold buried in the Black...
Aristotle (c. 384-322 BCE), in his influential text, The Politics, wrote about different types of governments and state constitutions, as well as what he...
